lester >> reporter: megan fitzgerald in chicago, thanks. >>> new developments this evening involving former president bill clinton who is still in the hospital suffering from an infection that is not covid related. moments ago the announcement of when he will be released. miguel almaguer is in southern california with more. >> reporter: spending his fourth day at the uc irvine medical center, former president bill clinton is said to be in good spirits after sources tell nbc news he was diagnosed with a urological infection that spread into his bloodstream with hillary rodham clinton also at the hospital last night and today the former president feeling fatigued on tuesday decided to go to the hospital for testing. a source close to the situation says he was in the icu as a precaution, but is not under intensive care in a joint statement, clinton's doctors said in part his white blood cell count is trending down and he is responding to antibiotics well. >> it looks like the president was diagnosed with a urine infection that led to sepsis and that he had an infection in the bloodstrea

lester >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> former president trump appeared in a videotaped deposition today answering questions under oath in a lawsuit brought by protesters who claim they were assaulted by trump's security guards in 2015 the demonstrators at trump tower were protesting his comments on immigration. a key question: did those comments encourage violence >>> separately mr. trump filed a lawsuit against the january 6th congressional committee and the national archives trying to block any handover of documents. the committee wants as it investigates the capitol riot the lawsuit says the documents should be protected by executive privilege. >>> in just 60 seconds, a murder trial begins for three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. in a case that sparked worldwide outrage, and one of the highest profile police chiefs speaks out exclusively after getting fired. >>> all right. we're back now in an intense an emotional murder trial. three white men charged with killing ahmaud arbery, a black man shot to death in brunswick, georgia catie beck is there tonight. >> reporter: man

megan fitzgerald is there with more. >> reporter: tonight top officials in michigan are taking action in benton harbor. >> we are bringing a whole of government approach to ensuring that the residents of benton harbor have safe drinking water. >> reporter: this comes after elevated lead levels have been found in the water for three years. reports showing the highest reading nearly 60 times the state limit. the state now stepping up the response in the water crisis, promising to fix all lead service lines in 18 months and ramping up the water distribution that started two weeks ago. >> more than 20 semitrucks totaling 35,000 cases of water are scheduled for delivery to benton harbor every week until this is no longer necessary. >> reporter: residents frustrated with the response. >> they're stepping in, but they're stepping a little too slow and a little too late. >> reporter: frank jones has nieces and nephews under the age of ten and worries about their lead exposure. >> everybody is concerned about this water they don't know if the kids are sick or not becaus they're not doctors. >>

lester >> megan fitzgerald in chicago, thank you. >>> new this evening, the situation in haiti for those kidnapped american missionaries has grown more urgent after the kidnappers demanded a ransom of $17 million for their release. sam brock now with late details for us. >> reporter: an abduction and now details of a mammoth ransom first reported by "the wall street journal," citing the haitian justice minister $17 million, $1 million per person, for the 17 missionaries kidnapped by the notorious 400 mawozo gang in haiti among those being held captive, a mother and her five children, all but one under 18 according to a friend who did not want to show her face on camera but goes to the same west michigan church >> they're very genuine. they are loving people they had a heart for missions >> reporter: she says the father was also on the trip, but not with them at the time of abduction. former fbi agent tim gallagher says the agency discourages any payment. >> ransom payments are the fuel that drives these criminal organizations, so the fbi is looking to rescue these victims at the same tim

but definitely something with promise. >> and let's bring in megan fitzgerald. thousands of police ours don't want to declare their vaccination status. and so there is a potential walkout. what is the latest there from the mayor? >> reporter: that's right. the police union is urging the members not to comply. so you have the governor saying that the national guard is on standby ready to come in if thousands of members don't show up to work tomorrow. and so most recently just this morning, the mayor, lori lightfoot, saying that she had her lawyers file what is called a complaint for injunctive relief. essentially she's trying to stop the police union president from speaking this rhetoric. she believes that he is misguiding and misforming officers to believe that there wouldn't be repercussions for their actions. and they also says that it is unlawful for them to strike. i want to read for you know a quote that she released just moments ago. she said by predicting that 50% or more officers will violate their oaths and not report for duty, catanzara, which is the p

this much, you have to go back to 2014 so how much higher will prices go we begin tonight with megan fitzgerald >> reporter: tonight gas prices are soaring with little end in sight. >> americans are spending $430 million more every day on gasoline. >> reporter: in some california towns, prices topping $5 a gallon here in illinois, a tank will set you back almost $20 more than last year >> every time i fill up, it is close to $89 >> reporter: how do you feel about that >> it is making me broke. >> no good but what can i do? >> reporter: it's not just fueling your car experts say heating your home this winter could be costly >> prices for oil and gas are so high during the heating season that will be much more expensive for the economy, for society, for those homeowners >> reporter: heating bills could cost some 30% more than last year just like everything else, the pandemic is partially to blame demand for gas plummeted in 2020 as the world shut down and supply still hasn't caught up. plus, hurricane ida knocked production in the gulf of mexico offline. the impact of the storm could reduce oil p

nbc news correspondent megan fitzgerald with the story. >> top officials in michigan are taking actionernment approach to ensuring that the residents of benton harbor have safe drinking water. >> reporter: this comes after elevated lead levels have been found in the water for three years, reporting showing the highest readings nearly 60 times the state limit. the state now stepping up the response in the water crisis, promising to fix all lead service lines in 18 months, and ramping up the water distribution that started two weeks ago. >> more than 20 semitrucks totaling 35,000 cases of water are scheduled for delivery to benton harbor every week until this is no longer necessary. >> reporter: residents frustrated with the response. >> they're stepping in but they're stepping in a little too slow and a little too late. >> reporter: frank jones has nieces and nephews under the age of 10 and worries about their lead exposure. >> everybody is concerned about this water. they don't know if the kids are sick or not, they're not doctors. >> reporter: the state says it's known about elevated

nbc's megan fitzgerald has the latest from benton harbor. >> reporter: just three hours from flint, anotherg an urgent water crisis. >> smell like fish or something. >> reporter: the contamination coming from old lead pipes. have you been drinking and cooking with the water? >> i had. i had no idea. >> reporter: the state has known about the elevated lead levels for three years and residents had access to the information but many residents say neither the city nor the state did enough to warn them of the dangers. when did you learn there was led in the water? >> last week. i've been drinking the water, cooking with the water. bushing my teeth. >> reporter: two weeks ago they started distributing bottled water. >> the state of michigan would not have responded to this crisis if it hadn't been for the petition from epa. >> reporter: how do you know that? >> years had gone by where nothing happened. >> reporter: hundreds of people have been waiting hours. lines stretched for some this is their only hope at fresh drinking water. >> this community cannot afford to buy water. i'm horrified. i can

megan fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: frances, good morning. law enforcement agencies are assisting st. paul police in a very active and ongoing investigation. many neighbors say this is the worst trajdy that they seen in their city >> shots fired multiple callers three shots inside the bar >> reporter: a horrifying bar unfolding in a bar in st. paul, minnesota. >> at least four medics. >> i got one fading here >> reporter: police calling it one of the worst shootings the city has seen. >> i heard the gunshots and went to the ground and i could see four or five people that had been hit >> this is not the place to be right now. this is chaos. >> reporter: multiple suspects opening fire in this bar, cell phone video capturing some of the chaos unfolding inside >> there were victims lying in the street, outside the bar, on the sidewalk and there were victims lying on the floor inside the bar >> more people over here, too. people are laid out. >> reporter: good samaritans jumping in to help officers render aid 15 people were shot, 14 rushed to the

jone joining us now is megan fitzgerald and dr. david. can to keep covid cases down among students and staff. give us a sense of what they're doing there. >> yes, jeff, that is absolutely right. there is an all out effort to stop the spread of the virus and keep kids in school. school districts are taking matters into their hands. des moines public schools putting in place two drive through testing sites at two schools. sioux city is following suit in coming days here and their prioritizing testing for students and staff. they're also opening this up to the public as well. as you mention there'd is some frustrations here in iowa saying they're not able to find the testing locations efficiently and they wait 10 to 12 days, even 14 days to try to get the test results back. so i want to have you listen to what the superintendent of democrat public schools said about this. >> if staff and students could have ready access to a test for which they don't need to pay and we know there is a quick turn around time, we know that will help keep more

megan fitzgerald is in chicago following this expected announcement from the fda. i want to bring in dr. heat, also a former fda official. what do we know right now about this upcoming fda decision and how soon might folks start getting these mixed doses? >> reporter: we know about the process. there is reporting we could learn about the fda authorizing boosters as early as tomorrow night. once that happens, then it goes to the cdc for their recommendation. millions of americans could be eligible for a booster shot by the end of this week. we've heard from the white house covid task force. they have said as soon as the green light is issues, they say they have the vaccines ready and will be ready to roll them out. >> it sounds like they are planning to approve this mixing and matching of vaccines. help us understand. we know, for example, there's been a lot of pressure from state officials who wanted flexibility in the types of doses they can give people for the booster shot. how do they come to making a plan here? >> for the u.s. fda they have to be constrained to

megan fitzgerald has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. former president trump is fighting too to stop the release of documents that i administration's actions leading up to the attack on the capitol. meanwhile, he is due in iowa later today for a rally with potential eyes set on the white house. this morning a new show down over the investigation into the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. president biden rejecting former president trump's request to keep documents from that day out of the hands of the house select committee. >> the president's dedicated to ensuring that something like that could never happen again, which is why the administration is cooperating with ongoing administrations. >> reporter: the records trace trump and his administration's actions and include call logs and emails sent that day. trump pushing back, trying to assert executive privilege. in a statement trump said this committee's fake investigation is not about january 6th any more than the russia hoax was about russia. instead this is about using the powe

here's nbc's megan fitzgerald. [ no audio ] >> we apologize. blem with megan's report. we'll see if we can get that fixed for you and bring you that fascinating report. it raises a lot of important questions about public workers and whether or not they should be mandated to get the vaccine. >>> next, when it comes to team vaccination rates, some are being good sports and some are being bad sports. my panel is discuss this and more. ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn... ♪ if you've been taking copd sitting down, it's time to make a stand. start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk o

let's dig deeper into this, starting with megan fitzgerald at a booster site in chicago. calipari is in new orleans. and dr. william shatner from vanderbilt. me gan, break down this fda meeting for us. how is it going to impact our daily lives? >> reporter: steph, this is a very long, important and methodical process here. it starts, of course, with the company, in this instance it's moderna and johnson & johnson going to the fda for authorization. then, of course, the fda will hold meetings and they will vote on these recommendations before they then issue a vote. it then will go to the cdc. of course, they'll do the same, hold meetings, vote on the vaccine before the cdc director will then issue his recommendation. but what this means for the folks at home is that the vaccine, if approved, these boosters will be more widely available to millions more americans as opposed to the pfizer vaccine for those who received pfizer. you know just last month the fda approved a booster for pfizer, steph. >> dr. schaffner, so now we're learning you can take any booster you want, it

megan fitzgerald is joining us with more.re. why is victims not okay but like calling them rioters if you're going to look at loaded terms might be. there is a history here with this judge and these parameters, right? >> yeah. yeah. you're absolutely right. judge bruce schroeder has a long-standing history of not allowing attorneys to use the term victim in his courtroom because he feels that it is loaded. he wants the evidence, he says, to just speak for itself. let the evidence stand alone. and then as you mentioned, hallie, went a step further and said if the evidence can suggest and prove that the three men that were shot, of course, two of them killed were looting and rioters, then those two terms could be used to describe these men throughout the course of the trial. of course, that being a bone of contention and great frustration for the prosecution who argued that the term looter and rioter is way more loaded than the term victim. and then the big concern here, of course, is that those terms, if used throughout the tr

first, megan fitzgerald has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the president of the police union here saying a third of the police department did not comply with the mayor's vaccine mandate orders that went into effect over the weekend, which means they could lose their job. meanwhile federal regulators are working on a plan that would improve the efficacy of the j & j vaccine. this morning one step closer to a boost of immunity. the fda is expected to approve mixing and matching covid vaccine after researchers found levels for johnson & johnson recipients increased 15 times. that's according to reports from "the new york times" and "washington post" but not confirmed by nbc news. the government would not recommend one shot over another and it might note that using the same vaccine as a booster when possible is preferably, according to "the new york times," citing people familiar with the agency's planning. it comes after months of confusion after the biden administration publicly backed booster shots before they were approved, followed by uncert

the vaccine mandates there and meagan fitzgerald joins us in illinois where public workers in chicago must be vaccinated by midnight and there's protests coming. megansaying hell, no, to the vaccine mandate. is he not aware of how many police officers lost their lives to covid in the last year? >> reporter: yeah, steph, you're absolutely right and we were talking over 700 police officers that lost their lives to covid since the pandemic began. but the police union president believes the city does not have the author to require police officers to report their vaccination status. so he's telling them not to reply or to comply with the mayor's mandate. as you said, that deadline is looming. it is tonight for all city employees to either report their vaccination status or to pay for byweekly covid tests out of their pocket. now, of course, this creates a completely different situation for police officers who can't just go on leave, because that would create an incredibly vulnerable situation for residents here in chicago, as crime is surging here. but the police union president says that thousands of officers are to not report to work tomorrow if this m